Trivia Bits 19 November

 

With a career spanning over 50 years, Duke Ellington (pictured) was an American composer, pianist and bandleader of jazz orchestras and leading his orchestra from 1923 until death in 1974.

Prison Break is an American television serial drama from 2005 until 2009 revolving around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other devises an elaborate plan to help his brother escape prison.

The principal monetary unit of Spain prior to replacement by the Euro in 2002 was the Peseta.

Adelaide, South Australia lies on the Gulf St Vincent being was named "Gulph of St. Vincent" on 30 March 1802 by Matthew Flinders a distinguished English navigator and cartographer, who was the first to circumnavigate Australia and identify it as a continent.

Cynophobia is the abnormal fear of dogs and is more common in females than males.

Member of the 17th Century Polish nobility, Teofila Ludwika Zasławska and her second husband owned Baranów Sandomierski Castle in south-eastern Poland together with three other palaces designed by royal architect Tylman van Gameren.

Constructed in 1921, the Humble Oil Building was once the largest office building in Houston, Texas and was the first office building in the city with central air conditioning.

French physician, postmaster, cartographer, inventor and author on the subject of mathematics, physics and magic Edmé-Gilles Guyot was highly influential in the development of phantasmagoria and the cups and balls magic trick with his 1769 four part book Nouvelles recreations physiques et mathematiques featured descriptions of experiments and examples of how various innovative mathematical and magical tricks could be performed

The Yellow Hat sect is a school of Buddhism founded by Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419), a philosopher and Tibetan religious leader with the most influential figure being the Dalai Lama.

Candidiasis is also known as the disease Yeast Infection and can result in minimal complications such as redness, itching and discomfort, though complications may be severe or even fatal if left untreated in certain populations.